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Jeff Liles Tells Stories From Dallas' Past and Looks to its Bright Creative Future

There it is. Nestled in South Dallas, rescued by caring souls of our local arts. The beacon that is The Kessler. A majestic Texas juke joint, pampered with TLC and vision that only a handful of true music fans could bring. The Kessler (or rather, "The Kessler X " as our subject refers to it) is o ... More >>

The Search for the Perfect Guitar, Part II

Editor: In last week's music feature, Christian McPhate began his search for a guitar. Not just any guitar, but his Trigger, his missing part. In that story, he went north to our weird music utopia, Denton, and came away with nothing. Here, he tries his hand in Dallas. I'll start you with his opener ... More >>

Tomahawk's Duane Denison: "Maybe We Can Make High-Tech Inuit Music"

As a full-time member of Tomahawk -- with vocalist Mike Patton, drummer John Stanier of Battles and bassist Trevor Dunn of Patton's other band, Mr. Bungle -- guitarist Duane Denison has seen the tides turn over his 15-year career, but says the only thing that's really changed about rock and roll is ... More >>

Seven of the Best Drummers in DFW

I've spent many years behind a drum set. When I go to shows, I almost always catch myself peering at the drummer, no matter how engaging or magnetic the rest of the band is. I've come to admire the drumming of several local drummers from whom I've nicked many riffs and tricks.The following is a list ... More >>

Your Comprehensive Guide to Band Names as Food

Using the Schrodinger equation, in conjunction with a quantum harmonic oscillator to efficiently fuse two non-sentient objects together, we here at DC9 at Night have created a  giant-ass list. Please be cautious when reading, as prolonged exposure can lead to headaches, extreme diaphragm tensio ... More >>

Berklee College Of Music Embarks on World Tour to Audition Students, Schedule Stops in Dallas

​A degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music holds a lot of clout no matter what type of music you make. Saying you went to Berklee will raise eyebrows of folks involved in classical, indie rock, jazz, hip hop and just about any other genre of music.And Berklee is scouring the world for talent ... More >>

October's Music Offerings Are Unrelenting. And We Likey.

Q&A: Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp Founder David Fishof Explains Why People Want To Pay Money To Play With Kip Winger.

​Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp is quite a unique experience, to say the least. Far more advanced than getting together with some friends and jamming out over a few months in a garage, the intense, three-day event invites participants to form a band, write a song, record the song, and then perform tha ... More >>

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Because You're Gonna Be Watching Late Night TV This Week, Anyway...

The Orbans​...y'know, what with all the drama and all, then you might as well turn in to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight. Why? Well, 'cause you might spot a familiar face or two: Justin Pate, keyboardist for Fort Worth's The Orbans, will be among the the backing players performing in musical ... More >>

Country Hunks And The Women Who Love Them.

Dallas Observer Music Awards

10 Questions: Mom

Yep, mom. In honor of Mother's Day--technically yesterday, but what the hell--mom sets things straight. She grew up in the Lead Belt of Missouri, graduated from Mizzou and taught university English and Communications...as well as tossing some batting practice here and there. After all, her fath ... More >>

Stereo Total Finds, After 15 Years Touring the World, People Are Pretty Much the Same Anywhere

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

Matthew and the Arrogant Sea Is Anything But

Matthew and the Arrogant Sea has no trouble living up to its own name

Boo! It's 1962.

Catch a classic at the central branch

Road Trip

Starr Struck

Ringo-Less Rails

Still Smilin'?

Part Disney, part Barnum, the man who saved comics is all Stan Lee

A Grand Guy

How Steven Soderbergh kept the Terry Southern tale from turning tragic

Marr Attacks

Inside ex-Smith Johnny Marr's new band, the Healers

Mars Attacks

This rock doc puts Stardust in your eyes

Southern Breezes

Even in death, Terry Southern remains larger than life

Baby, Get Back

"Autobiography" and bootleg box prove that when it comes to the Beatles, you can never just let it be

Labor party

Kitchen Dog takes us down a long but scenic Road

For the benefit of Mr. Max

The creator of iconographic '60s art is now an icon himself

Restless farewell

Bob Dylan, the voice of a generation, to be silenced after Paul Simon tour

Cardboard tombstones

In the wake of the Ellington 100, lesser zombie boxed sets walk among us

Odd Man Out

Dallas-raised Terry Southern wrote Easy Rider, hung with the Beatles, and influenced a generation. But he died penniless, and now his son must pay off Terry's debts--and restore his father's legacy.

Snoopy dogged

A Charlie Brown Christmas doesn't come without its (good) grief

Mind games

Four-CD Lennon anthology leans too heavily on inferior versions of familiar tunes

Back in the game

At 38, Public Enemy's Chuck D goes 'where no age has gone before'

Why are you?

Roger Daltrey is still out on the road singing Who songs, and why the hell not?

Letters

The beat goes on

Sonny Bono got more respect in death than in life

Events for the week

East Side soul music

The Blazers return with a record Just for You--and, hopefully, many others

Cream of the crop

Jack Bruce follows his own path

Hope you die before we get old

Reunited Who and Sex Pistols cheat death one more time

Let it be? Never

The Beatles' Anthology is the first chapter you've never heard

Roadshows

Golden years

Theatre Three's Cocoanuts brilliantly conjures up a fabled era